National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-21
WOMAN SUPERIOR TO MAN.
Fogg Discovers That sorupulous Ex-
aotness Is Practically Worthless.
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Boston Transcript
Not long ago Fogg bought new carpet,
and thinking to save the expense OF laying
1t, he told Mrs. Fogg he would do the work
himself.
Fogg and the carpet arrived home early
in the afternoon. Fogg got out Of his good
clothes and into the old suit that had been
feeding the moths through the winter. He
armed himself with tacks and hammer, with
yardstick, two-foot rule, carpenters
square, q ten foot pole, aud a tape measure.
First he unrolled the carpet, spread 1t out
to cover the floor, walked over 1t two or
three times, pulled IL here. and twitched Il
there, puckered his mouth, corrugated his
forehead, and was half dozen times on the
point Of asking Mrs. Fogg's advice, ana
would have done II only he knew 1t would
please her too well.
"Of course" he suddenly exclaimed, rs
one who recognizes the force OF new In
spiration. Then he took his measuring i'm
pedimenta, one after the other, and then
all together, and proceeded to get the exact
dimensions Of the room, with all its angles,
recesses, projections, and catti-corners,
Next he sat down and drew an elaborate
diagram Of the premises.
"Now," said he jumping up brlskly, al
can go to work In business-like way"
Taking his diagram, he proceeded to the
scene OF action. He measured here and
yard-sticked there and ten-poed In every
direction. He 1abored long and well; he
ripped the carpet, unraveled the edges,
pounded his nails quite as literally as the
tacks, aud uttered language quite shocking,
and when he got through-we have Mrs.
Fogg's word for it-"that carpet was
all sskew.n 1t was, as the same authority
expressed It, "a sight to behold"
Fogg himself remarked that he never saw
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any shape to 1t. He was all right; OF course
1t was all the carpets fault in cases Of this
kind.
Mrs. F. said nothing further than "well
I wouldn't bother about II any moro
tonight, Daniel. You are all tired out
and had better go to bed"
Next morning Mrs. Fogg, without stop
ping to change her apparel, went to work
TO see what she could do. She began at
ard master had done. Then she took a
string, measured across the room, and
down its length, soliloquizing meanwhile
about $50 much and half finger" "three
times and two fingers" "once and little
over,n with various other equally in
telligible remarks.
Then she got down on her knees, and
with hammer and tacks she had that carpet
down quicker than scat, as smooth as her
own placid brow, and che got up from her
work with spirit unrufiled and clothing ur-
soiled.
When Fogg came home and saw
the room all put to rights, with the carpet
| fitting as though IL were painted on the
| floor, he felt proud OF his wife; yes, actually
proud Of her. OF course he didn't say any.
thing further than TO remark that It was
| easy enough to put down carpet by day
light; anybody could do that.
But Mrs. Fogg doesn't care. She knows
that Fogg thinks she is worth her weight
| in gold, but that he thinks that women
like children, are not to be praised for feal
Of spelling them.
But when any body tells you that a
woman is illogical aud unmethodcal,
mention this little story about putting down
| q CARPET.